单词 | shoal |
释义 | shoal[ʃəul]n. 浅水, 浅滩, 沙洲, 鱼群, 暗礁, 潜在危险a. 浅的vi. 鱼成群而游, 变浅vt. 使变浅 shoal 1 shoal 1 AHD: [sh½l] D.J. [.*&l]K.K. [.ol]n.(名词)1. A shallow place in a body of water.浅水处:一片水域中比较浅的地方2. A sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, constituting a hazard to navigation; a sandbank or sandbar.沙洲:从一片水域底部升起的沙地,对航行构成威胁;沙洲或拦门沙v.(动词) shoaled,shoal.ing,shoals v.intr.(不及物动词)To become shallow:变浅:The river shoals suddenly here from eight to two fathoms.在这个地方河面一下子从八降到两英寸v.tr.(及物动词)1. To make shallow:使…变浅:The approach to the harbor was shoaled in the storm.通向港口的水域在风暴中变浅了2. To come or sail into a shallower part of.搁浅:进入或驶入…较浅的部份adj.(形容词)Having little depth; shallow.浅的:不是很深的;浅的语源:1. Middle English shold [shallow, shallows] 中古英语 shold [浅的,浅淡] 2. from Old English sceald [shallow] 源自 古英语 sceald [浅的] shoal 2 shoal 2 AHD: [sh½l] D.J. [.*&l]K.K. [.ol]n.(名词)1. A large group; a crowd.一大群;一群2. A large school of fish or other marine animals.一大群鱼或其它海洋动物v.intr.(不及物动词) shoaled,shoal.ing,shoals To come together in large numbers; throng.群集:大量聚集;蜂拥语源:1. Probably Middle Low German 可能为 中古低地德语 2. or Middle Dutch sch½le * see skel- 1或 中古荷兰语 sch½le *参见 skel- 1 |
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